ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6515602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Norco, California

Mean one-way trip36.5 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home13.4%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone73.5%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip24.3%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute34.5 min → 36.5 min▲ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.7% → 13.4%▲ 3.7 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.8% → 0.2%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.3% → 73.5%▼ 5.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.5% ±3.2 pp
Carpool9.8% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.0% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home13.4% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 10,304 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

97thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

50thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

98th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate25,054± 118 MOE
Workers age 16+10,304± 476 MOE
Workers with travel time8,923± 472 MOE
Estimated home workers1,381± 255 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.